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Combined Laoing Stud and-Button Fastener.

No. 243,400. Patented June 28,1881.

INVENTOR 2x3 ukxv ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. PRENTIOE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

COMBINED LACING-STUD AND BUTTON-FAST ENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,400, dated June 28,1881.

Application filed May 2, 1881.

To all whom ti may concern: I

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. PRENTIOE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Im provementsin CombinedLacin g-Stud and Button-Fastener; and I do hereby declare the followingto he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswillenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specifica tion.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved lacing-stud andbutton-fastener combined, designed for use on articles ofwearing-apparel, but more particularly for gloves; and it consists of afastening device provided with an open head or loop and double-curvedneck attached to suitable fastenin g-prongs, the whole being formed ofstrips of round, halfround, or other suitable shaped wire, all as willbe hereinafter more fully described, and point.- ed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my invention asadapted for use as a button-fastener, and Fig. 2 is a similar view ofthe device as adapted for use as a lacing-stud.-

Similarletters ofreferenoe i ndicate like parts in both figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the complete device, which ispreferably formed of strips of round wire bent at the center, so as toprovide a loop or open head, B, havinga doublecurved neck, 0,terminating with front and rear pron gs,-a a bent downwardly and atright angles to said curved neck, as shown in the drawings. Between thedouble curved neck 0 is provided a small space, I), which communicateswith the opening a in the center of the loop or head B, whereby, whenthe device is intended for use as a button-fastener, the shank of anordinary button can be slipped over either of the prongs and then pushedup- (No model.)

ward through the said space b between the double-curved neck into theopening 0 in the loop or head B, thereby holding the button securelytothe same. The device thus arranged can then be attached towearing-apparel or gloves by a suitable setting-instrument in a mannerwell known.

The double-curved neck U, being formed of rounded wire, presents smoothedges to prevent friction upon the lacing-strings when used as a lacinghook or stud, the lacingstrings used in connection therewith passingaround said curved neck on either side under the projecting loop or headB, Where they are held in place, as in the usual manner. The lacingstrin gs, however, may be passed through the opening 0 in the loop orhead B, instead of passing around the curved neck.

By means of my present improvements I am enabled to furnish a fasteningdevice which can be readily adapted for use either as a button-fasteneror lacing-stud, and which can be produced at a very small cost, with nowaste of the stock employed in its manufacture.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and usefulis- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, the herein-describedlacing-stud and buttonfastener combined, consisting of the head or loopportion B, having central eye, a, curved neck G, having central openingor slot, 1), and provided with the prongs a a, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

2. In a combined lacing-stud and buttonfastener, the fastening device A,consisting of the head B, having opening 0, and curved neck 0, havingspace I), and prongs a a, adapted to receive and retain the shank of anordinary button, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEO. W. PRENTIOE.

Witnesses:

THEODORE B. TALBOT, HENRY A. TALBOT.

